Policies & Regulations
•  Government Bans County Fairs on Medicine
•  Thailand Allows Import of Five New Products
•  Singapore to Set Common Standards for Hospitals
•  Policy to Curb Indian Dominance in Basmati Market

Major Event
•  China¡¯s Priorities for 1999
•  Pharmaceutical Council for South Asian Nations
•  Thai Farmers Bank to Raise 40 Billion Baht
•  International Companies to Help Introduce Advance Crop Production Technologies in China

Research News
•  Epigallocatechin Gallate in Green Tea Found to Limit Activity of Breast Cancer Cells
•  China Focuses on Scientific Research

Company News
•  Eli Lilly Develops New Improved Prozac
•  FDA Approves Drugs for Hepatitis B and C
•  Celltech Announced New Drug
•  US Vitamins Sets Up Biotechnology Research Center
•  Uttara Foods to Set Up More Feed Plants

General Information & Statistics
•  Drug Discovery Enters New Era
•  Colorectal Cancer -- the Most Common Cancer in Singapore
•  India¨CChina Spice Trade
•  Venture Capital to Stimulate Recovery of Asian Economies

Patents
•  Chinese Patents

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